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BEST AVAILABLE COPY Town should invoke tighter controls on local builders Serieantson tlU- Urban Georgetown Councillor Marilyn wants to con land grading in the urban areas of Hills Coun Serjeanlson appealed to other councillors at a Town of Halton Hills general committee meeting Monday to ask for tighter restrictions on local builders Right now anybody who owns land can scrape everything off it and we have no jurisdiction she told councillors I concerned about someone stripping the land and then not developing Coun Serjeanlson said trees and other brush are sometimes remov ed for building purposes and the land is left unused She suggested the City of Bramp ton model be used for Halton Hills Brampton has a bylaw in place to restrict grading Acton Coun Norm Elliott sup ported Coun Serjeanlson s claims saying be had seen land ruined in Halton Hills by developers Megan Developments in Georgetown resulted in unbelievable erosion and ab solute of a beautiful property he said The concern over grading arose when Coun Serjeantson discussed petitions she had received from residents in east Georgetown Homeowners on Wilson Court Dnve and Drive are concerned with the tract of land that sits behind the three streets Recently a local developer asked the town to sell the land CVC A prepares for new season The Credit Valley Conservation Authority opened up the gates to the Terra Cotta and Conservation Areas on Saturday April Operating hours will be from Sam to until later in the season when longer hours apply The Orangeville Reservoir Conservation Area will open for the season on Saturday May and camping at Terra Cotta Con servation Area will commence on May 19 Call Terra Cotta 9650 to make a reservation for your daily weekly monthly or seasonal camping experience or to make arrangements for that upcoming company picnic The me acre supervised pool at terra Cotta opens June For details regarding fees and operating times please contact the Authority at 416 6701615 In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771 Florists Dont Forget Mom on Mothers Day May 14th 211 St Georgetown nyj CENTRE Halton school board will study effects of Jr Kindergarten By BEN DUMMFTT Herald Staff The Halton Region Board of Education has decided to study the effects of four year old Kindergarten becoming man for all boards and the of fiveyearold Kindergarten from half to full days The study was initiated after the board ex pressed concern over the government s proposals at last week s meeting The Liberal government made the announcement its re cent Throne Speech Halton Hills trustee Bruce is sceptical of the plan s viability It would appear as though the government just dropped these statements without considering the real implications she said recently Mrs Bruce listed a number of obstacles including a lack of funds space problems and insufficient numbers of teachers that would arise and have t be dealt with order for the board to successfully implement the changes She acknowledges Kindergarten is popular especial ly in areas where there is little cultural support regions without well established daycare system Mrs Bruce said the announce ment has raised the expectations of a lot of parents She explained the introduction of Kindergarten the province will increase taxes Parents will take their children out of daycare and enroll them into Kindergarten thereby shifting costs from the individual parents to the general taxpayer However the provincial Liberal MP for Hills Walt Elliot said Kindergarten would be more education than daycare He stressed Jr Kindergarten is the provinces recognition of to day s competitive world and as such parents want to send their children to school earlier to prepare them for the economic realities of the future The board s director of educa Bob Williams is not adverse to the government s proposal He interprets the announcement as a general statement of intention where the particulars have yet to be worked out He is confident when this occurs the board and government will be able to work something out he said The province recently allocated 23 7 million over the next three years to build three new tary schools in north Oakville and Burlington regions and to renovate and replace Trafalgar High School The Halton Roman Catholic School Board received 9 million spread out over the same period The money will be spend on two new elementary schools in Burlington and Oakville respec lively and the expansion of St Vin cent School in Oakville The allocated money will be distributed to the boards in the form of grants and debentures The boards although happy with the allocated amounts were not totally satisfied Both complained they were disappointed the govern ment did not meet all of their cial priorities submitted The Catholic board director of education Cliff Byrnes was especially upset their first priority request money to renovate Assumption High School in Oakville was completely bypass ed None of the schools in the Georgetown area will receive any money According to both direc tors of education the allocation of monies is determined by need Nurses Week Next week is Nursing Week and Hills nurses are going to celebrate with wine and cheese and fee and doughnuts along with daib events at both the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital and the Bennett Health Care Centre Here Major Russ Miller shows that Hills is behind Us nurses Left to right are Marg Caldwell a nurse at the Bennett Ire Miller and Wendy Glazebrook a at Georgetown hospital Herald photo Bell agrees to move tower Bell Cellular has agreed to relocate a proposed 180foot tower in Hornby The comirtum cations company met with Hornby residents after the Town of Halton HiUs strongly suggested a relocation of a propos ed tower to be built on a quarter acre lot on Steeles Avenue The tower if approved would have been surrounded by agricultural land Councillors objected to Bell s proposal saying the tower could fail onto Steeles Avenue or could be distracting to nighttime drivers with its flashing lights A Bell spokesman agreed to the community meeting although he said it was unusual to meet with the local residents directly to gam tower approval He said Bell wanted to keep relations fnendly At a meeting last Saturday Bell and Hornby residents agreed on placing the tower in a local park Mayor Miller said the Hornby residents are happy with the decision He said Bell Cellular will make adjustments to its equipment to allow for the relocation The communications tower will serve cellular phone users travell ing along the Highway corridor and is part of a network in and around the Metropolitan Toronto opening SOON CLASS CORNER OF ST HWV ft MOUNTAINVIEWR0 GEORGETOWN 8772418 BANQUET HAIL AVAILABLE I I I Really of Distinction Inc MEMBER BROKER Realtor Main St S Georgetown Comer Church a Main 8731881